Don't find malice in being incompetent enough to be explained away.

• Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity

  • But Don't rule out the possibility of malice." (But don't rule out malice.)
  • Einstein is said to have said this, but there is no evidence.
  • It is called "Hanlon's razor," but Hanlon was not the first to suggest it.
  • A similar idea is presented in Goethe's "Young Werther's Troubles" (1774)
  • misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent.
    • misunderstanding and neglect create more confusion than trick and malice. Trickery and malice are less frequent than misunderstanding and neglect.
    • neglect is a word used to ignore, neglect, be off one's guard, etc.
    • Malice is less frequent than misunderstanding.

• Don't find malice in what is adequately explained by inefficiency.

• Hanlon's razor Hanlon's Razor - Wikipedia

• Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

• Don't find malice in being incompetent enough to be explained away.

#incompetence #malice Don't find malice in being incompetent enough to be explained away.

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